Building the Ocarina of Time with an FPGA

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[Joe] and [Evan] wanted to have some fun with their FPGA course at Cornell. When faced with what to do at the beginning of the semester, they figured additive synthesis was a worthy pursuit. They ended up building the Ocarina of Time for their final project. The guys started by recording a real ocarina and figuring out the relative power levels of each harmonic. Because any sound can be … [Read more...]

Half Keyboard, Half Guitar, Totally Radical, the Tabstrummer!

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While tablature-based music probably annoys "properly" trained musicians to no end, it has given many musicians and musical-hobbyists their first introduction to the world of guitar. The [Tabstrummer] takes this to a whole new level, allowing chords to be programmed into this instrument and played back. Once pre-programmed chord is set, the "conductor-strings" are strummed to allow the chord to … [Read more...]